... address on Infant Mortality and said it would bo infinitely better to take means to prevent the deaths of infants than to waste time and labour in vain inquiring the causes of deaths . . England was losing yearly 1 , 200 , 000 infants above . what ...

... birth-rate of the country was going down and infant mortality wa , ; not lessening. This gave rise to painful reflections as to the future of our national efficiency. The fundamental cause of infant mortality was the want of recognition of the duties of ...

... the London district . The ' House went ; into Committee of Supply on . the Home Office vote ;' when tho question of infant ' mortality was among the various topics discussed . ' ' The ' vote was agreed to . The House rose at 9 ; o . . \ ; ( P-5- ) ...

... the report of tho Inter-departmental Commission on Physical Deterioration, and suggested further inquiry the subject infant mortality. It was, he said, ominous fact that the decreased birth-Tate chiefly concerned wealthy and cultured classes. Retardation ...

... So long they had in Dundee one and two-roomed houses without sanitary accommodation, it was not to be wondered at that infant mortality was high and the stamina of the people low. ...

... Longwood township, who. being born during his term of office, should Use to be one year old. The Mayor's objoet was to check infant mortality by encouraging the instruction of mothers in the rearing of their children. The result of the exrriment was that oat ...

... somewhat alarming proportions with respect the increase of infant mortality. In the Metropolis, which specially affected the question, while the death-rate the population is decreasing, infant mortality is increasing, and notably the earlier stages of existence ...

... to thai ; of fresh milk , which can neither be supplied noi supplemented from abroad . The grave national question of infant mortality is being referred to on every side . Eminent medical men urge the importance of an increased and abundant supply ' of ...

... the influence of alcohol a stimulus. resolution was passed asking the Magistrates appoint a committee to inquire into infant mortality. ...

... say this . denomination of'bed is-yet familiar'to your readers . ' -It is the'late discussions on 'health ; and . 'infant .. mortality -that'' • makes . me think of the thing ; ' I -am ' told , that even . iri . ; Edinburgh ^ box beds are very far from ...

... 268 last year; 17 of typhoid fever, as against 43; 70 of diphtheria and croup; 11 small-pox, and 96 of erysipelas. The infant mortality rate was 197 per thousand births, which was much above the average in mainland rural districts in Scotland. The deaths ...

... STERILISED MILK AND INFANT MORTALITY . ' , Commercial Wharf , Leith , Auguit 17 , 1905 . Sia . —My attention has been directed to a letter in your columns of to-day on infantile mortality , signed by J . W . G ., in which the writer remarks on the ...